Traffic sign



y 21, 1935? G. H. MUEHLEISEN 2,002,248

TRAFFIC SIGN Filed Dec. 6, 1934 SI E TRAFFIC r [24 @AMER SCWCDCDE.

grime/Wm similar r s refer i s m lar "Pa t thebolts fl" ndi'attachedf to the'handa portion 35 V 4 in the boss-for holdin'gsaid upright against rone li en l amass; f' 2,002,243

UNIT ED STAT ES PATENT @OI FI'CE a "TRAFFIc'sIfcNY I l jGeorge HiMuehleiseiipcanton,Qhiof i M r. I J

"- 'Al l rlication Decemberl 19 34, Serial No. 1 l 5 invention relates totrafiic signs and more fl t strap Iii-oi metal the like maybe connected particularly to a caution sign especiallyadapted at its ends to :the:leg"portions"l1' of thetfigur'e ;for use'in school zonesto warn motoristsdriving 'as by bolts l8 and connected at its intermediate t 1 on streets ingthe vicinity of schools. t Z portionlto the uprightjlz as by a bolt [9 whereby v "I'he' 'objectg of theinvention is to provide a thefig ure is rigidly attachedtothe upright '5 po table" signsufliciently light in weight that it Thearms 20 and320a are cut' from 1 separate may be easilymovedto'jor from-aposition inthe pieces of sheet: metal orthe like and are ar-t center-of a street or road and provided with'a ranged to be attached to the body asiby bolts or base or'pedestal" f suificient weight topreverit rivets'2l; Thearm-inmay be raisedin a warn thesi'gn' froin' being blown overby heavy winds. ing position as shown in-the drawing 'and LtherIO ,Another object is to provide a sign of this' arm 20a-may be'extended outto the side in posicharacter including a portable base having acention to support the sign 22' which may bein the I tral uprightfixed theretotoi which is attached form of a rectangular metal sheet having; any h a sheet metal figureof a boy, the arms of the desired; warning lettered} thereon as shown in figure be'in'g' separable from'the body portion Fig. 1.3' 1 1 e whereby the arms may be interchangeable to 'If desiredffior the purposeiof shipping and[ provide different positions of the'armsupon a storage, the-upper portionf the upright maybe figure as may be desired. r V 7 detachable For "this-purpose theupp'er part of Another object isto provide means forsupporttheupright-may comprise a shortlsect'ion of pipe t 1 ing a. sign in such premium itappe'ar's to be or'tubing I211 which may be connected to tlielow carried in one hand of the figure. erportion thereof-'asby a section of rod or pipe The aboveobje'cts, together with "others which 23-extendedintothe-adjacent ends of both secmaybe later referred to 'o'r will be obvious from tions of the upright and connected thereto as by i the "following description, may be accomplished the bolt l-5a which is located through "the head v 2 by constructing-the improvedtraffic sign in-the portion of the figure of the"boy -and-through the h manner illustrated'in the accompanying drawupper portion of the upright section 12 and low i gyinwhic'h 1 er endportion of :the rod 23 a'nd the boltlEb Figure 1 a perspective view-showing the" whichis located through the upperendportion e front side-of -'a. traffic sign embodying the invenof the rod 23 "and through the tube or pipe 'sec o' I h s a q 2a, 1 a Z 30 r -1 "ig.'2 is a similar viewfshowing the rear sidejoi, The sign 22'may becon'nected'as' by bolts 24 or V thesign; and if" g the liketoahorizontal bar25'atta'ched at one Fig; 3 Ban enlarged detail sectional view taken .endto the uprighta's by tl'ie'bolt l5b and said 1 as on the line 3-3, Fig .'1-.-" sign'hasaverticalbar ZGfattacliedtheretoas'by 'tliroughout the drawing. 7 j ofthe arm 20 asbyfazboltf28wherebytlie sign The slgnv 15 m o base hi ay 22*hasftheappearanceof beingfheld out by the bein thefform-of aheavy circularmetal casting t d d zg a 'of the boy.

whereby h n may beeasily roll e t a If desired,af1o h ssh With a ,rurtheriwai ni r -f 5 r the upperportionofthe up .0 gen-Wally located 15 f m' rightfithisfsigh being of any desired shapev and 7 upper" 7? 9 i h lQW formed from a flatfsheetlof metal or. the'like as an maybeimyhet fem} of indicatedatJB;tbeingfhttached to theuhr er s ecr i: a pipe or tube 12, a, set screw l3 being provided ti'onl-za of p g asv by the bolts band H 7 By king thearms 20 and 20a detachable frorn'the location at which it'is to be used. y e t w to,

' tation therein, as well as for preventing accidental displacement of the upright. t Mounted upon the upright I2 is the figure of a from the body W111 be Seen that different t boy made of sheet metal orother suitable fiat 'combilFlations may-be d whereby h material 'sufficiently rigid to resist the strains to arms may be of h form h m the arm 29 .50

' which it '1 be subjected in use, the body porta th fi ur f th b y may have h ms tion 14 of which is preferably stamped-f om asin- I raised a Warning position or i e bo h gle sheet of metal or the like and attached tothe arms may beof the type shown at 200p and exupright l2 byme'ans of a plurality of bolts l5"or tended out at the sides of the'body with signs 1 h V I I carried by either or both arms,-or the positions 

